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The mimes in San Diego in the '80s and '90s were fantastic. When we had year passes we would go to the Seal and Otter show so often and the mime was the best part. Last couple times that we've gotten a yearly pass we never made it to the show but now I wish we had.

I don't know if you knew a skier named Lynn Willis. She used to ski in the 80's.

I miss these days, when cell phone jokes couldn’t exist.

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Where's Tom? 😄

Do you happen to have any video of the Capt. Andy’s RiverTowne Revue animatronic show that was there around the same time this was recorded?

I never should have moved when my sister pushed for an immediate across country move, 1984. I was supposed to be back after a year of college! When if inquiries, I tell people look for Old or Backroads Florida quaint attractions after what the decades of Disney inspired change did to Mom & Pop/Family run attractions.

This is awesome. A time when people didn’t have cell phones and interrupted the act every 20 seconds for a selfie.

Most differently a 80's camera :) Notice how thin everyone was? watch Jim the mime today in Orlando damn near everyone is obese!

He would be in jail for that kiss today when it’s just a prank who cares. They all took that as it was back then, a prank. But today, no way would anyone try that move anymore

Wait in 40 years they haven’t even changed the layout? What a boring ass broke ass theme park

*promo sm* 😅

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People laughed more back then :)

Great show when people actually ski all you see today is somebody on a tube or on a wakeboard and you cannot beat them correct Craft that is exactly what them boats were built for

Thanks so much for this video, I went there this year, and had vivid memories of the massive high dive and the torch guy, it had quite an impact on 9 year old me. There is no way most places would do stunts so dangerous nowadays. Brilliant.

What an amazing show. It’s crazy to think the same amount of time has passed since this show till now as from 1961 to 1992 (31 years)

Only in the days when it was ok to laugh at yourself....

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I got to go to Sea World once as a kid back in 1988. It was great! This makes me remember just how different American society was back then. Between Disney World and any other tourist destination I can remember life seemed much more wholesome and family friendly. I miss it!

Best one i have watched. Beats out the modern ones by a mile and super kudos to whomever was doing an awesome job of handling what was probably a behemoth of a video camera. . Those things were heavy as heck.

I guess I might have seen the very same performer - also in Sea World, back in January 1984! I was 9 and after almost 40 years the memories are still vivid. One of the pranks I recall was when he hindered someone for accessing the bleachers from one side. Right after he indicated that he or she needed to walk around the bleachers in order to access it. The audiance would explode with laughter!! 😁Cheers from Brazil and thank you so much for posting!

I've just had a thought after watching this for around the 9th or 10th time, those who arrived later so have seen less of the mime than those who arrived at the beginning or early on have missed so much. My eldest who introduced me to these videos was born late July 1988 .

I never knew about any of this until my son showed me some of the videos and have just shared this one to Facebook. Tears were streaming down my face with laughing within seconds. Whoever thought of this as a warm-up introduction to Sea World is a genius.

Anyone have a copy of the '86 Ski Pirate Show in Ohio?

Nice job recording Keith. Ski Pirates, always gives me goosebumps. What a show!

OMG I have looking for this for quite some time!! Thank u for uploading this!!

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Gotti love the Ten Gallonwhite hat GEORGE!.

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Hope you have a lot more of these?!

Banana George Blair he was such an icon there at Cypress Gardens.

These shows were great. I also remember the lethal weapon show as well. Not sure why they demolished the lake bleachers and the Aqua stadium next to it.

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African Americans helped create the infrastructure of the attractions, were employed there, and provided a generally supportive community from which to pull labor. African Americans dug the channels of Cypress Gardens and drove the famous glass bottom boats at Silver Springs. Regardless of these contributions, they were not allowed to visit the attractions and enjoy their hard work because of Jim Crow segregation. Even though at times it appeared that Jim Crow in Florida was not as harsh as in the rest of the South, it still was a brutal and often violent system.9 In response to segregation, the owners of Silver Springs opened Paradise Park in 1949, an adjacent area for African Americans to swim, socialize, and see the springs. Cypress Gardens would designate only one day where African Americans could come in and see the gardens. Silver Springs and Cypress Gardens engaged these different strategies in order to address the issue of African Americans wanting to visit their attractions to differing levels of success and effects within the surrounding community.

George was such a stud! I hope I'm half as active as him when I hit half his age!

15:15 - 15:20 WTF? If that's a pirate, then I AM CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW! 16:55 FYI, you can't get away with that by today's standards. That's why today there's no honest joy anymore and can't have nice things.

Good memories of that place and all the water skiers from the show i was a Bartender in restaraunt that many of them worked for extra money i grew up in Holly wood Florida and even skied on that lake between shows of course

Where are The Go-Go`s, lol? Great video, thanks for posting, Keith L Beaubien!

Very impressive show, thank you for sharing this.

Do you have the date of this video? I worked at Cypress Gardens from 1985-1988. I was safety rider in the ski show/electric tour boat guide, and then transferred and became a southern belle. Best job ever. I lived 2 miles from the park and worked through high school and college.

I saw this with my family in '86.... I was 11 !!! Thanks for sharing. Be nice to bring this back!

Thank you for posting this, I was a teenager at the time and went to Sea World all the time with my friends and this was our favorite show. Still searching for a TH-cam version of "Night Pirates" though I'm not sure the technology of the time allowed for any kind of night time quality in video recording. Thank you for bringing back such great memories.

This incredible performer is Joe Wesson. He is an Orlando theme park legend. He went on to perform street theater at the Disney/MGM Studios from 1989-2015. His character was Frederick Lewinowski of the Hollywood Public Works. He can be seen each summer at the Sterling Ren Faire in upstate New York. Joe is still living in Orlando and performs regularly in the parks and beyond. This is a real gem! Thank you for posting it.

That music is so hot.

My dad filmed part of this when we visited Sea World for the first time the same year (June or July, not 100% sure when.) For some reason "We wanna be pirates!" has always been firmly in my brain since then.

they need to bring these shows back. they were awesome!

It's awesome to see the full show! Thank you so much for uploading!

This must have been a special show for "something" as we never scheduled 11 girls a day on a regular basis! You were lucky to catch so many beauties on the same day...